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Saskatchewan is one of the better provinces for finding work.

As anticipated, there was a reported decline in the production of crude oil and equivalent products in May of this year according to the most recent release of data from Statistic Canada last week.

Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000167 EndHTML:0000005819 StartFragment:0000000454 EndFragment:0000005803 Ceres Global Ag Corp released their financial results for the three months of business that ended June 30, 2015. The results were posted on Aug.

This province’s unemployment rate was 5.2 per cent in July of 2015 according to Statistics Canada. Numbers were calculated on a seasonally adjusted template. This was the lowest rate among the provinces and below the 6.8 per cent recorded nationally.

The total energy use by industries and households in Canada increased 2.1 per cent in 2013, following a 0.2 per cent gain the previous year. Greenhouse has (GHG) emissions rose 1.9 per cent in 2013 following a one per cent gain in 2012.

SaskPower has received yet another recognition for its efforts to advance carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies in the changing power generation landscape.

The transition of economic development services from the Estevan Chamber of Commerce to the City of Estevan appears to have gone quite smoothly.

The impact of the economic slowdown in Estevan can be seen in the drop in building permits so far this year. And while there was a slight increase in permits for June, the overall quantity and value of the permits are lower than in previous years.

Construction work is progressing on schedule at the transportation hub near Northgate, Sask. The hub is under the ownership of Ceres Global Ag Corp. with headquarters in Toronto. A 2.